has dropped dramatically over the years, from 20.9% of the population in 2005 to 12.5% in 2020, or more than 30 million people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Using her government email account, Buzby offered to deploy "an amazing group of volunteers" who would "answer questions, attend a meeting, testify at a hearing, whatever." McAuliffe described the arrangement in an email to the town's Select Board chair: "The Commonwealth has assigned NFG staff and reps from the [Massachusetts Municipal Association] to insulate us through the remainder of the process." Buzby was explicit about MTCP's interest in NFG, writing to the town of Mansfield's health director: "MTCP has asked all of us Tobacco Program Managers to let them know when new tobacco policies get passed." The grant report for the Six City Tobacco Initiative, which is entirely funded by the Massachusetts Department of Health, recorded Somerville's adoption of NFG in March 2025 as "another win." The use of such language in a grant report to a state health department suggests that this is an active policy being pursued with no public mandate

Essential certifications for commercial vending machines include CE (European Conformity), FCC (Federal Communications Commission), RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances), UL (Underwriters Laboratories), ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act compliance), NAMA (National Automatic Merchandising Association standards), and FDA compliance for age-verified tobacco product vending
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